I got the queen yesterday. Since she is newly "born" and not a member of the hive I took the bees from, the process is to keep her in her little queen cage for 5 days to mature and get accepted by the other bees. Then I release her and she will start her mating flights in the next couple of days. If all goes well a week or two after that I will have a laying queen. Or, a bird will have a nice meal on the wing.
I forgot to note that the nuc installed at the mountain hive was with a queen from Pat in CA. The hive in my back yard is from Pat & Jim in VA as is this virgin queen.
Friday, June 1, 2012
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